FindBuyTool 13" Benchtop Wood Thickness Planer with Helical Cutterhead, 120V 15-AMP 20000RPM Power Electric Motor Infeeding Worktable for Woodworking

I waited a while to post a review on this planer to give me time to use it and put it through its cycles. First, let me say, this is an amazing tool! I followed instructions for assembly and use carefully, and the folks at FindBuy Tool were very responsive to my initial questions. So far, I've run Walnut, Oak, Pine, Purpleheart, Maple, Sycamore, Tiger Wood, and a couple of other species I don't recall at the moment through this machine. In every instance the resulting finish was at least comparable to a 180 or 220 grit sanding. I make a lot of cutting boards and use figurative wood, so it is important that I avoid tear out, and this planer has none of those issues. The unit is not lightweight, but easy enough to move around your shop if need be; I placed mine on a rolling stand. Noise level is much less than my previous 3 blade planer, it does make noise mind you, but much quieter, and you should use hearing protection anyway. Snipe was easily abated with a few adjustments, so the accuracy is primo. There are only a couple of things I would change if I were manufacturing this planer: 1; improve dust collect by sealing in some way the vacuum port as it sets astride the horizontal plane of the tool - there is some blowback of dust/chips but not so much as to really be a concern, 2; move the screw hole on the dust port to the top or back side of the dust port, it is up against the planer in its current configuration and difficult to get to (since the port is plastic I easily rectified by drilling my own hole), and 3; the depth gauge on the left side front of the planer is difficult to install and really unnecessary, in the next iteration leave it off and use the development budget to improve the dust port areas I mentioned. Anyway, I am extremely satisfied with this planer. I've been woodworking most of my life and doing it as a business for 24 years now, I'll never go back to the blade style planers, no matter who makes it. This unit is an excellent return on investment, saving me many sanding hours. Highly recommended!

This is a hell of a planer, comes out like it’s been sanded with some 220 paper. I bought this planer specifically for some reclaimed maple flooring that came out of the gym, 4000 feet worth. I’m not sure how much I take off on the first pass, but it’s not much. And then I do a half a crank, and it comes out perfect on the second pass. The planner only has one speed, but that’s all it needs.

The blades cut well, which was the main objective with my first planer. No real problems yet, building cabinets and worked it a fair amount. So I get flat boards, coming off the jointer and through this planer. Drawbacks: dust collection could be better, and it’s hard to clean the chips stuck in all the machine crevices. So far a ball bearing and a screw have fallen out / appeared. I cannot find where they go, but have seen nothing loose or grinding. The “stoppy block” slips A better quality tape scale with metric in addition to standard would help. Good planer for the money, just not quite 5 star for little things I can live with.

I didn't even get this one in the shop before I had to try it out. I tested it out some very old barn wood. This ain't the tame and sweet wood you get in the store. This wood came from old growth trees and has been drying in the sun for well over a century. It still has the circular sawmill blade marks and knots a plenty. This is some gnarly wood and this little guy did the trick. Some of the boards were 8-10" wide and they came out like they were on final sand and ready for finish. I'm very pleased with this one. It is replacing an old DeWalt 734 that has served me well, but the motor is weak and the take up rollers are starting to dry rot. This seems to be a solid machine and I hope it last as long.

This is a very fine planer for the hobbyist wood woodworker! Adjustment is great and you can use the carriage clamp to ensure the cutter height stays perfect through planing several pieces. One thing with MY order is that the height adjustment knob was missing from the package. I contacted Amazon and their ONLY solution was to send out another entire unit that I could steal the knob off of then send that one back. That is an absolutely stupid solution to a very simple issue. I had no method of contacting FindBuy tools through Amazon at all. So, I went to their website with y information, told them via their contact page what my problem was and they immediately got to work on getting me that knob! Yes, it took some time for the knob to get from China to me, but it beat having to go through getting a new 80 pound unit, unboxing it without damaging the packaging, resealing the package, hauling that heavy unit to a UPS location, and sending it back! Oh, if you're in the same situation, a small crescent wrench will do the job of the height adjustment knob until you get one.

This is a fantastic 13” helical head planer. It works great. The price was great. I recommend this planer to anyone looking for a reasonably priced high quality bench top planer.

I wasn't able to properly test this planer because the unit I received was damaged. Based on initial inspection, the finish is good but have not been able to get product support to fix or replace broken part. Support is only through emails with no reply.

I know it's not a Bid D or even a Oli..r but for the money this thing is outstanding. I have been making hardwood trim blanks for all my remodeling we're doing. I don't even have to sand the oak at all. The softwoods will need a little touching up but nothing that's not expected. I can get the blanks down the .003" of each other, to me that's insane. I don't know how long it will keep running but, I'm going to run it like I stole it.